Ayşe Bilge Selçuk's general research areas are social and emotional development, socio-cognitive development, parenting, temperament, and culture. One branch of her research focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying individual differences in social development. These studies examine temperament traits and environmental factors (such as family and socio-cultural context) that influence the development of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors; and children in typical developmental contexts, as well as children growing up in educational institutions, immigrant children, children with autism and children with disabilities. Another branch of her research examines the role of culture in parents’ cognitions and behaviors.

She works on parent-child relationship and attachment theories, social and emotional development, children under state protection, play, play therapy and psychotherapy interventions. She wrote her Master's thesis on an attachment-focused semi-structured play therapy intervention program that focuses on the relationship between foster families and their children.

Ece graduated from MEF University's psychology department with a high honor degree. During her college years, she worked in various non-governmental organizations and she was interested in the development of immigrant children in Türkiye and children with cancer. She continues her education with at Koç University Developmental Psychology Master’s program. Her research interests are the social-emotional development of children aged 0-6, self-awareness and self-regulation skills, parental goals, and parent-child relationship.

She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Psychology as the second in her department with a high honor degree. During her undergraduate years, she actively participated in various internships, research and social responsibility projects and worked with disadvantaged children. She continues her education at the Koç University Developmental Psychology Master’s program. She is generally interested in the social-emotional development of children, self-regulation skills, attachment theory, and the influence of parents on children's social-emotional development.

After graduating from Koç University Business Administration Department, she continues Psychology at Koç University. She has been working at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory for 1.5 years. She is interested in emotional, cognitive development, and temperament issues in children.

She is a senior in Psychology at Koç University. She is interested in the social and psychological development of children, parent-child relationship, and the impact of trauma on children and adolescents. She aims to work with children and adolescents after completing her master's in clinical psychology.

She is a senior in Sociology at Koç University and she is doing a double major with Psychology. She has been working as a work-study assistant at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory since September 2018. The relationships between parental behavior and the child's social, emotional, and cognitive development, parenting and temperament are among her areas of interest. In addition, she takes part in social responsibility and volunteering projects.

She graduated from Koç University, Psychology and Media and Visual Arts in January 2021. She continues to work voluntarily in the Child and Family Studies Laboratory, which she started as a work-study assistant. She is interested in temperament and attachment issues in children, and she is particularly interested in the influence of media on children. She aims to work with children and adolescents after completing her master's in clinical psychology.

She is a senior in Psychology at Sabancı University. She is interested in environmental factors and attachment issues in the development of children. She has voluntarily participated in certain social responsibility projects with children.

She is a second year Psychology student at Koç University. She works as a Work-Study assistant at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory. She is interested in parent-child relationship, social and emotional development of the children, and attachment issues in children.

She is a second year Psychology student at Koç University. She works as a Work-Study assistant at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory. She is interested in temperament, attachment types, and child-parent relationships.

She is a senior in Psychology at Koç University. She works as a work-study assistant at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory. Her areas of interest are social and emotional development of children, parent-child relationship, child and adolescent psychopathology.

She is a second year Psychology student at Koç University. She has been working at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory for two years. She is interested in child development and especially with the sensory, social and psychological development of the child and the influence of parents on the child.

She is a third year Psychology student at Boğaziçi University. She works in the Developmental and Neuropsychology Laboratory. She has been working as volunteer at Maya Foundation and KAÇUV since 2018.

She is a second year Psychology student at Koç University. She has been working at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory since January 2020. She is interested in temperament and child development.

He is a second year Psychology student at Üsküdar University. He is interested in the research in the areas of temperament and social psychology. He has a special interest in ADHD and dyslexia issues. He has taken part in many volunteering projects both in Türkiye and internationally.

She is a senior in Psychology at Koç University. She has been working at the Child and Family Studies Laboratory for almost 1 year. She contributes to laboratory studies due to her interest of developmental psychology. She has previously worked voluntarily in EÇADEM.

The research areas of H. Melis Yavuz are the influences of temperament and parenting behaviors on internalizing behaviors in children; the relationship between maternal cognition and behaviors within socio-cultural context, economic status and education, and the factors that affect the social competence development of children with autism and chronic orthopedic disabilities. In addition, she studies the influence of parenting on the development of obesity in children.

She conducts research on the influences of parenting practices on social and emotional development in children, temperament, moral development in children, mother-child relationship and attachment theories, behavioral disorders in children, discrimination in parenting behavior.

Buket Kara is interested in the social, emotional and cognitive development of children survived war, minority children growing up in disadvantaged conditions and refugee children.

Wenke Niehues' areas of interest are inequality in education, the effects of parents and socio-cultural conditions on children's education. In this context, her research focuses on the influence of parents on educational achievement and inequality in education. In her previous studies, Wenke examined the educational background of second-generation Turkish women immigrants in Germany.

Seçil's academic interests are social and emotional development in children, the effects of parents on the child's emotion regulation, the development of theory of mind in children and the familial and cultural factors that affect this development.

İrem Korucu's areas of interest are social, emotional and socio-cognitive development, socio-cognitive emotions, the effects of parental behavior on early child development, and child and adolescent psychopathology.